Pencil, pen, and cigar holder



c KRISTEN. PENCIL, PEN, AND CIGAR HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED MAY I4,1919- 1,334,616. Patented Ma1x23,1920.

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' ATTORNEY C. KRISTEN.

PENCIL, PEN, AND CIGAR HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 14, 1919.

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ATTORNEY Cit UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES KRISTEN, or CHICAGO, ILLINors.

PENCIL, PEN, AND CIGAR HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Mar. 23, 1920- Applicationfiled May 14, 1919. Serial No. 297,104.

and exact description.

My improvement relates to means of retaining objects that are usuallycarried about the person, in the pockets of wearing apparel, andparticularly a case for holding pencils, Jens, cigars and the like.

The 0 ject of my invention is to provide a pocket case that is adaptedto hold ar ticles, such as pencils, pens, cigars and so forth about theperson, which retains and protects them and prevents them from gettingbroken, or tearing the pockets of the apparel of the owner, and is soconstructed as to permit said articles to be easily inserted or retainedin the case. This I accomplish by the means hereinafter described and asparticularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the preferred form of my invention,showing it open.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same, showing it closed.

Fig. 3 is a transverse section proved construction.

Fig. 4c is a perspective view of an open specimen of my improvement,embodying still another modification.

Fig. 5 is a vertical section of the same.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of yet another modification showing it inan open position.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of still another modification.

Fig. 8 is a horizontal section of the modiof my imfication shown in Fig.7 showing it closed.

Fig. 9 is a vertical section of the same.

Fig. 10 is a perspective view of one of the pressure plates of themodification shown in Fig. 6.

Fig. 11 is a vertical section of the modification shown in Fig. 6,showing it in a closed position.

Fig. 12 is a perspective view of one of the pressure plates used in theconstruction shown in Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, 3 and a represent, respectively, two,rectangular sections of a box-shaped case, that are, preferably, made ofthin sheet metal and are hinged together at one side. The upper end ofthis case is open, and the two sections are held in a closed relation bya suitable spring catch 6, which is attached to one section opposite thehinge and snaps over the edge of the other section.

The articles which it is designed to carry in the case are placedlengthwise in corrugations when the case is closed, and in order to holdthe contents thereof in the corrugated section, I provide section 4,with a lower transverse series of pressureplates 7,

and an upper transverse series of pressureplates, 8, which are concavedin the same manner as the corrugations in section 3. The upper series ofplates, 8, are hinged at or near their upper edges to the inside ofsection l, and the lower series of plates are hinged at their loweredges to the inside of said section by means of transverse rods, 9, thatextend through pivotal lugs 10, projecting from said plates, and, attheir ends, turn and are bent toward and fastened to the inside of thecase, substantially as shown. These lugs 10 of said plates have ears 11projecting at right angles therefrom, which, when their axes, to apredetermined position, will engage the inner surface of said section 4and limit the movement of such plates toward section 3.

These pressure-plates aiekept pressing toward section 3 by a series ofspring arms 12, that project upward and downward in alining pairs fromthe upper and lower sides of the'same transverse strip of metal 13,which latter is secured by rivets or otherwise to the inner surface ofsection a, midway between the upper and lower plates 12. Arms 12 arecurved outward from strip, 13, and have their free ends extend under thefree ends of the plates, and push said plates toward section 3, so thatwhen the case is closed the plates will retain between them and saidcorrugations the pencils, pens or other objects that are placed in thesaid case.

In Fig. 4 of the drawings, I show a modified construction of my improvedpocket holder. In this modification the construction of the case is,preferably, the same as that shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of said draw ings.The pressure plates 7 and 8 are, however, dispensed with, and a seriesof spring arms, 14 and 15, constructed somewhat in the plates have beenmoved on the same manner as arms 12, is depended I upon to press againstand retain the objects in the case. These arms, 14: and 15, are made inone piece with and project upward and downward from a central transverseweb, 16, that is riveted or otherwise secured to the inner surface ofsection 4:. The outer free portions of these arms are concaved, and arelocated near the upper end of the case, in which position they hold andprotect the object contained in the case much better than if they werelocated in-the lower part ofthe same.

In Fig. 6 of the drawings, I show yet another modified construction ofthe spring element that pushes the objects in the case toward and holdsthem in the corrugations of section 3. These elements consist of apressure plate, 17 constructed somewhat on the order of. plates, 8, andhave plvotal lugs projecting toward the contiguous inner surface ofsection 4e, that are lunged to knuckles or lugs secured to and madeintegral with said section. Sa1d plates 17, have a. spring extension 18that curves downward and then upward from the center of the lower edgeof the plate, and engage the inner surface of section a and normallypushes said plates towardsection 3 to hold and engage the objectsinserted in the case in the corrugations of section 3.

- hat I claim as new is:

1. Anarticle of manufacture consisting of a box-shaped case comprisingtwo sections that are hingedtogether at one edge and are open atone end,and a series of spring -fingers that project upward and downward inalinin-g pairs froma common transverse web, that is secured to theinside of one section, and saidfingers having their upper and lower endsbent toward the opposite section.

2. An article of manufacture consisting of a box-shaped case comprisingtwo sections that are hinged together at one edge and are open at oneend, and one of which is provided with a series of lengthwisecorrugations, and a series of spring fingers that project upward anddownward in opposition to and parallel with said corrugations,

in alining pairs from a common transverse web, that is secured to theinside of one section, and said fingers having their upper and lowerends bent toward the opposite section.

3. An article of manufacture consisting of a box-shaped case comprisingtwo sections that are hinged together at one edge and are open at oneend and one of which is corrugated lengthwise, a series of concavedpressure-plates secured to the inner side of one section in verticallyalining pairs and in opposition to said corrugations and means forpushing said pressure-plates toward the opposite section.

l. An acticle of manufacture consisting of a box-shaped case comprisingtwo sections that are hinged together at one edge and are open atoneend, an upper and lower transversely arranged series of pressure-plateshinged to the inner side of one section in vertically alining pairs andin opposition to said corrugations and an upper and a lower seriesofspring fingers that project upward and downward in alining pairs fromtheir adjacent ends and are secured to the inner side of the case andhave their opposite ends engage the underside of the loose ends of saidpressure-plates for pushing said pressure-plates toward the oppositesection.

5. An article of manufacture consistingof a box-shaped case con'iprisingtwo sections that are hinged together at one edge and are open at oneend, an upper and lower transversely arranged series of pressure-plateshinged to the inner side of one section in vertically alining pairs andin opposition to said corrugations and an upper and a lower series ofspring fingers that project upward and downward in alining pairs from acommon transverse web that is secured to the inner side of the case andhave their opposite ends engage the underside of the loose ends of saidpressure-plates for pushing said pressure-plates toward the oppositesection.

CHARLES KRISTEN. lVitnesses FRANK D. THOMASON, VIOLET TARDELL.

